Gonnesa (Fontanamare)

Physical

A beach near Gonnesa, in an area of former 19th-century mining settlements on the southwestern coast of Sardinia. The exact stretch of coast intended — Fontanamare or a nearby tract — still needs confirming.

Social

Used by local residents, in a landscape still marked by its industrial past rather than shaped for tourism.

Context

The area was a 19th-century mining village. Unlike Rosignano, where industrial alteration of the landscape is still active, here the industry has ceased, leaving behind a landscape shaped by extraction rather than ongoing production.

Environment

Access has at times been restricted due to collapses from nearby abandoned mining structures.

Taxonomy

• Industrial Shore
• Domestic Body
• Industrial Residue
• Archaeological Time
• Endemic Community
• Protected Historic Heritage (mining village)
• to be determined